Sea World!

We have never been to Sea World so we thought this weekend was a good weekend to take a quick road trip to enjoy Sea World for the weekend.  Collin has been excited about going all week.  He even did not want to hang out as long after our run this morning because he was anxious to head to Sea World.

We arrived in the city and went to the hotel first.  Collin was really disappointed because w were not at Sea World yet.  Being in the car for almost 3 hours, I don't blame him that he was ready to get out of the car. 

We arrived and he was so excited when he saw the Shamu statute greating us before we went into the park.

After we walked into the gate, Collin took over the map and said, "We need to see the turtles and then the sharks first". We found out later that there are no turtles in the park. We stopped to feed the dolphins first. he wanted to have nothing to do with the fish and feeding the dolphins so I feed them. It was actually fun and they were really ready to eat.



We then walked around to check out the sea lions and Daddy tried talking to them.  Collin thought it was funny at first but I agre ethat it did get old quick.  We walked around and saw the shark tank and other fish.  Collin was scared of the shark at first but this was fine to get up close to the tank and check out the fish.



We had to stop and get his face painted.  He chose the lizard.  Daddy was surprised that Collin sat so still while she painted his face.  She was fast which really helped.  He was too cute later when we got to the hotel room checking out his face from all angles in the mirror.  He was really worried about the paint coming off.

I don't know what character this guy was but I was shocked that Collin wanted to stand this close to him.  I still remember the times that he would run from Chuck E Cheese or Monkey Joe.

We ended our first day at Sea World watching the dolphins and whale show.  We all REALLY liked this one.  There were people diving from all heights and other acrobatic feats in between the fish performing.  Daddy daid he had a good time today which I loved hearing. 

Today was the first day of Winter Wonderland at the park.  There were lights everywhere and people walking as Christmas characters that worked at the park.  Collin really liked the lights.

 We are all looking forward to another several hours at Sea World tomorrow.  It was good to get back to the hotel.  We were hungry and needed to rest.